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Steal this Pro Secret to Remember Every Scale

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The Guitar Secret that all the Pros use to Remember Every Scale
Caged Scales
If you want to supercharge your lead guitar skills, you’re probably starting to realize that each scale you learn grants you more and more freedom in your guitar playing. But it can be difficult to remember the many scales required on the road [...]

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The Key to Finding Freedom on the Guitar

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The Secret to Finding Freedom on the Guitar Fingerboard
Apply your Scale Knowledge to Ice Skating
The CAGED system makes position playing a reality, by allowing you to play across the neck and back. Those patterns and positions really help you understand the fingerboard. If you can combine position playing with lengthwise playing you’ll have a total [...]

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Pro Tips to Play Super Fast

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So you want to be able to play fast flashy lead licks? What guitarist doesn’t? A well-played lick can act like a little signature that says “hey, check this out, I can really play!” To get to this point though, you’ve got to work on developing your picking and playing technique. Just like getting fit, [...]

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Lead Guitar Play Alongs

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Your First Lead Guitar Jam Session
In this section of Pro Guitar Tips, you get to jam along with me and a rocking band. Recorded live at Park Avenue studios, I’ve provided six different style play-along tracks and they rock! Play-along tracks are the best way to practice as you test your skills in a real [...]

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Add Arpeggios to your Arsenal of Lead Skills

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Arpeggios are a succession of the notes from a chord, played one after another. Learning and practicing arpeggios is a great way to expand your fingerboard knowledge. You’ll also find that arpeggio knowledge will help you play more musically, because if you’re playing from the chords your melodic note choice will be more structured. As [...]

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The Art of Constructing Great Guitar Solos

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The Art of Constructing Great Guitar Solos and Finding your Voice
Becoming a great lead player takes blood, sweat and tears. But the opportunities and rewards are outstanding, and having the skills and confidence to play anything, anywhere, with anyone, will make all the effort practicing, rehearsing and listening worthwhile. Here are some tips to help [...]

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Advance your Knowledge with the Minor Scale

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The Minor Scale
Since we’ve covered the major scale, let’s introduce you to the minor scale.
There are a few different types of minor scales you can play, but we’ll start with the most common – the natural minor scale.

Start on the root note A and play up to the next A an octave higher

Play through and [...]

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Advance your Knowledge with the Major Scale

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The Major Scale
It’s essential to have an understanding of the Major scale to make any progress as a guitar player and musician. It’s the absolute foundation of all other scales that Western music is built from. We’ll kick things off by learning the C Major scale.

Start on the root note C and play up to [...]

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Solo in all Country Songs with this Easy Pattern

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The Key Pattern to Learn so you can Solo in all Country Songs
The Major Pentatonic Scale
The major pentatonic scale is the scale choice for most country music. The scale works over chord progressions in the corresponding major key. Have a go and you’ll hear what I mean – it sounds country straight up!

Let’s get you [...]

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Solo in all Blues Songs with this Easy Pattern

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The Key Pattern to Learn so you can Solo in any Blues Song
The blues are the foundation of rock and roll, but they’re not just a history lesson. Playing blues music is great fun, and can really build groove into your playing. You can play the blues using the minor pentatonic scale, but let’s go [...]

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